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Monday, February 26, 2018

Thiruparkadal Twin Vishnu Temples, Vellore

Thiruparkadal Twin Vishnu Temples, Vellore
Thiruparkadal Twin Vishnu Temples are a set of two Vishnu Temples located very next to each other in Thiruparkadal Village in Vellore District of Tamilnadu. Thiruparkadal has a rarest among the rare, temple in the country, where Thirumal stands on God Siva to show the world, the amalgamation of Vaishnavism with Saivism and to enlighten both of them are one and the same.




Thiruparkadal (Ocean of Milk) is also called as Kshir Sagar, which is considered to be one of the 108 Divya Desam temples, dedicated to Lord Vishnu. Among 108 Divya Desam temple, 106 temples are situated on Earth. And two Divya Desams are present beyond the Earth. The two special Divya Desams present beyond the Earth are:
·        Thiruparkadal (the ocean of milk)
·        Thirupparamapadham (the place where Lord Vishnu presides)
Thiruparkadal is the 107th Divya Desam which is said to be located at Extraterrestrial Universe, where Lord Vishnu is said to be in Sayana posture, the eternal yogic sleep on the serpent Adhiseshan, along with Goddess Lakshmi. The presiding deity of Thiruparkadal is Lord Vishnu as Lord Thiruparkadal Nathan also called as Sri Ksheerapti Nathan and Parkadal Vannan. He is believed to be facing to the south direction, which is the direction of Yamatharmaraja (the lord of death) to watch his activities.




Thiruparkadal (Ocean of Milk) has the sacred Amrita, which is the nectar of immortal life. And it is believed that Jeevathma (soul) can only able to reach the sacred place Thiruparkadal. It is said the Lord in Thiruparkadal will be watching all the activities of all the Athmas (living things), and depending upon their good deeds and sins. Here Lord Vishnu is considered to be declaring the final Mukthi (emancipation).




And this holy place is said to be surrounded by the holy Astakshara Manthra, “Om Namo Narayana”, the mantra reaches the ultimate goal Vaikunta planet where one attains eternal blissful life. The Theertham of Thiruparkadal is believed to be the sacred Amrita Theertham. The God wanted all the devotees to visit all the 108 Divya Desams and hence created ‘Sayana position’ at Thiruparkadal. These details were produced by the Vaishnava scholar Shree Madapoosi Azhwar.




Thiruparkadal village, known as Karapuram in ancient times, is a scenic fertile area surrounded by greenish fields and is the site of two Sivan temples and two Vishnu temples. This is the location where Lord Vishnu lay on Adhiseshan to prevent the gushing Saraswathi river from disrupting and destroying the yagna performed by Lord Brahma to seek the grace of Thirumal at Kanchipuram.




Temples
The Prasanna Venkatesa Perumal Temple has both Shiva and Vishnu and the Ranganatha Swamy Temple has Vishnu and Brahma - therefore it is a Trimurthy Kshetram. Both temples are Kalyana Parihara Sthalams. The Temple are listed below;
Prasanna Venkatesa Perumal Temple:
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Ranganathar Temple:
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Connectivity
Thiruparkadal is on the Chennai – Vellore (Bangalore) highway, beyond Thiruputkuzhi, about 22 kms from Thiruputkuzhi, on the left side of Highways while going from Chennai, about 2 kms from the highways at the Kaveripakkam junction.  Two beautiful Vaishnavite temples are present side by side. It is said that this place can be considered to be the 107th Divyadesam.
The Temples are located at about 1 Km from Thiruparkadal, 4 Kms from Kaveripakkam, 3 Kms from Kaveripakkam Bus Stand, 5 Kms from Sirukarumbur, 20 Kms from Dhamal, 22 Kms from Thiruputkuzhi, 33 Kms from Kanchipuram, 41 Kms from Arakkonam, 18 Kms from Ranipet, 14 Kms from Walajapet, 44 Kms from Vellore and 100 Kms from Chennai.
Buses plying from Chennai to Vellore stop at Kaveripakkam Junction. From Kaveripakkam Junction, the temple is just 2 Kms away. Buses plying from Chennai to Ambur stop at Kaveripakkam. Nearest Railway Station is Ranipet Railway Station (19 Kms) and Nearest Airport is Chennai International Airport (90 Kms).

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